Electric Power Systems

The creation of a European liberalized electricity internal market and EU commitments for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Kyoto Protocol) and for the use of renewable energy generation technologies induce new important constraints and problems on the electric power systems in Europe. This then creates the need for more research and development to engage with these new challenges in order to preserve the reliability of these systems. This book aims to provide advanced tools, covering major aspects, for people involved with such research and development.
Split into two parts (the first covering the operation and control of electric power systems and the second the stability and defence of electric power systems), this book gathers together contributions from numerous well-known European specialists in academia and the electrical industry and will be an illuminating read for those involved in this field or who have some knowledge of the fundamental notions.

Michel Crappe (1936) received the degrees in Civil Minning Engineering and Civil Electrical Engineering in 1959 and 1962 respectively, from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium). He joined the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons in 1963, where he has been from 1971 to 2001 full professor in charge of the Electrical Machine Department. He is currently emeritus professor. Editor of 3 books on electric power systems, author or co-author of over 100 journal and conference papers and chapters in 6 books, in the areas of large electrical machine, system identification concepts, electric power system dynamic behaviour, FACTS and electrical energy distributed generation. Member of several Scientific Committees and Editorial Boards. From 1985 to 2000, chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Belgian Electrical Engineering Society (SRBE). Elected in November 2003 associate member of the Royal Belgian Academy Council of Applied Science. Member of SRBE, SEE (Emerite), EPE. Recipient of the 1998 PES Prize Paper Award of IEEE.

Part 1: Operation and control of electric power systems.
Chapter 1. Fundamental aspects of operation, control and reliability of AC networks (Noel Janssens, Jacques Trecat).
Chapter 2. Evolution of European power systems facing new constraints: impact of distributed power generation (Michel Crappe).
Chapter 3. Planning methods for production and transmission of electrical energy (Jean-Marie Delince).
Chapter 4. Quality of electricity supply (Alain Robert).
Chapter 5. Applications of synchronized phasor measurements to large interconnected electric power systems (Nouredine Hadjsaid, Didier Georges).
Part 2: Stability and defence of electric power systems.
Chapter 6. Voltage instability (Thierry van Cutsem).
Chapter 7. Transient stability: evaluation and control (Daniel Ruiz Vega, Mania Pavella).
Chapter 8. Reliabilty, defence and numerical simulation (Marc Stubbe, Jacques Deuse).
Chapter 9. Flexible alternative current transmission systems (FACTS) (Michel Crappe, Stephanie Dupuis).
List of Authors.
Index.